[sugar] [IAEP] Sugar on Ubuntu LiveUSB is ready

[Walter Bender]

I never seen it on Hardy.

-walter

On Sat, Nov 1, 2008 at 12:07 PM, Caroline Meeks
<caroline at solutiongrove.com> wrote:
> Hi David,
>
> I boot up with my USB.
> I enter Sugar.
> How do I get to "System -> Administration" for Hardy Heron?
>
> On Sat, Nov 1, 2008 at 12:04 PM, David Van Assche <dvanassche at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>>
>> Actually with the advent of intrepid Ibex, and I believe Hardy Heron
>> too, there is a menu option under System -> Administration that says
>> create USB startup disk. You choose your iso and choose how much of
>> the usb stick u want to use for the OS, and hit create startup disk...
>> dont think it could be simpler...
>>
>> David Van Assche
>>
>> On Sat, Nov 1, 2008 at 4:50 PM, Caroline Meeks
>> <caroline at solutiongrove.com> wrote:
>> > Ok! I got this to work. thank you Ubuntu developers but talk about
>> > screwing
>> > in your own seat!
>> >
>> > Is there an easier way to help people create USBs? On SLAX we created a
>> > zip
>> > file then there was a boot file (2 versions actually one for linux and
>> > one
>> > for windows) that is run to make the stick bootable:
>> > http://schoolkey.net/wiki/creating-keys
>> >
>> > Is there a way I can I copy my USB and make the new one bootable so I
>> > don't
>> > have to go through the whole process again?
>> >
>> > The USB boots up to Sugar, which is what I want. Is there a way for me
>> > to
>> > also access the underlying Ubuntu?
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > Here is my feedback on making the existing directions more friendly.
>> >
>> > Download the stock ubuntu-8.04.1-desktop-i386.iso and burn it
>> >
>> > Yup, I can do this.
>> >
>> > Boot from this CD and from there, use LiveUSB to copy the system to USB
>> > stick (use a stick with 1-2 GB capacity as problems have been reported
>> > with
>> > larger ones)
>> >
>> > Ok so when you follow this link you eventually end up at this page.
>> > http://ppa.launchpad.net/probono/ubuntu/pool/main/l/liveusb/
>> >
>> > Please provide instructions on exactly what to download. I picked
>> > liveusb_0.1.1_all.deb
>> > Then also provide instructions on exactly what the user should do to
>> > install
>> > it.  I fumbled around and eventually it opened, but I couldn't actually
>> > tell
>> > someone else how to do it.
>> > Then provide instruction on exactly which options to set.  I picked both
>> > persistence and flash and the flash ended up giving me an error.
>> >
>> > If you use the persistence option, you need to replace casper/initrd.gz
>> > on
>> > the stick with the bugfixed initrd.gz provided here.
>> >
>> > The Casper direction is write protected. Please provide instructions on
>> > how
>> > to deal with that.
>> > What is this? Why am I doing it?
>> >
>> > Add the file sugar.squashfs to the directory casper/ on the USB stick
>> >
>> > Again the write protection on Casper made this more of a challenge then
>> > might be expected.
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > On Fri, Oct 31, 2008 at 12:19 AM, David Farning <dfarning at sugarlabs.org>
>> > wrote:
>> >>
>> >> It looks like our friends at Ubuntu have been hard at work building a
>> >> Subuntu live usb.  Simon Peter, also know as probono, has posted
>> >> information
>> >> on downloading and building the usb at
>> >>
>> >> http://dev.laptop.org/~probono/sbuntu/
>> >>
>> >> Thanks to the Ubuntu SugarTeam for packaging Sugar on Ubuntu and to
>> >> Probono for building the sugar.squashfs.
>> >>
>> >> David
>> >>
>> >>
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>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > --
>> > Caroline Meeks
>> > Solution Grove
>> > Caroline at SolutionGrove.com
>> >
>> > 617-500-3488 - Office
>> > 505-213-3268 - Fax
>> >
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> Caroline Meeks
> Solution Grove
> Caroline at SolutionGrove.com
>
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> 505-213-3268 - Fax
>
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